A moment we’ll never forget… Sketch W Friends- our very first attempt at real-time gaming; has done us proud! One day after launch, Sketch W Friends becomes the #2 Paid Game on the whole of the BlackBerry App World! Right next to Angry Birds, in fact!!

The BlackBerry community deserves a very special mention. We have never seen a more supportive, enthusiastic and appreciative set of people, who’ve not just given us constructive criticism; but have gone a long way in being our brand advocates.

A special shout-out to the CrackBerry community; who’ve been cheering and encouraging us ever since we became a part of this community. We specially thank the editors at CrackBerry, for taking the time to review Sketch W Friends and featuring us on their front page.

Tons of comments have been pouring in from all our fans. Most of them inspiring and overwhelming, while a few- just plain hilarious!

“I must say XLabz, I was impressed with you before, but you have really outdone yourselves here. Everyone, buy it!!”

“Smooth real time play, cross platform, fast passed action makes this the best game on the PlayBook. Active developers who listen to the community and provide support makes it even better. Well worth the price. Buy it.”

“Love this game. Well done and lots of fun. My daughter and i are having a blast playing on our playbooks. Kudos developers!”

“Forget draw something. This is much more fun!!! Leaderboards are a nice touch. Best game on the Playbook. You can play against Blackberry Playbook, iOS or Android users! Well worth the $2, buy it.”

“Just bought it, I love everything XLabz makes, seriously you guys take a lot of care about the look of your apps and that’s really important to me. Hope this makes it to the Top Game list soon and we get this game viral.”

“This game is a great idea and will be highly successful, you guys are the greatest giving the PlayBook finally an app that is on par with other platforms.”

“Neat APP! XLabz are one of the greatest developers for the PB.”

“Everyone who owns a PlayBook should get this, it’s pure fun, and cross platform so you can play it against your Android and IOS friends. This game will be a hit! Devs are an example to others, supportive and responsive, the way to go!”

“This game is awesome! This is the way to play any sort of pictionary type game! This game is so smooth and fluid that it’s awesome! And I seem to like using exclamation points here because it’s so awesome!”

“it’s 3 am here should have a government health warning for this game lol"

Sketch W Friends is a real-time, multi-player, virtual game based on the classic games of Pictionary and Charades. The game is currently available for iPad, Android Tablets and BlackBerry PlayBook & can be played across all these platforms.

Read more about Sketch W Friends and download it here. Join our ever-growing community on Facebook for all the latest news, updates, surprise giveaways and rewards!

We are extremely excited to announce that Uber Iris is now sitting pretty amongst the Featured Apps on the BlackBerry App World!

Here’s an excerpt from Ryan Edsall’s review of Uber Iris on Berryfication:

“I’ve got nothing but love for the BlackBerry PlayBook. Now with the combination of the advanced developers such as XLabz Technologies and the PlayBook, we are starting to see some really quality stuff hitting App World. Their latest release Uber Iris has me giddy like a schoolgirl!”

And here’s what few of our users had to say so far about Uber Iris:

“And my collection of XLabz apps grows. This is a terrific app, and well priced.”

“Great little app, hours of fun already playing with the photos on PlayBook and on phone.”

“It does everything you would expect a camera app to do and more. Great work!”

“Works very well. I enjoy fixing photos with this app.”

“Very nice app. I needed something just like it for my PlayBook.”

Once again a BIG shout-out to the BlackBerry community and all our friends and users! This would not have been possible without all of you!

Read more about Uber Iris and download it for the PlayBook here and for Android Tablets here.

For all the photography freaks out there, this one’s for you! Presenting to you; Uber Iris- an uber cool photo effects and filters app for the BlackBerry PlayBook & Android Tablets.

Uber Iris is a quick and easy way to give your photos that special touch and make them look stylish, creative and fun. Uber Iris lets you effortlessly add gorgeous and funky effects to your photos, all within a beautifully designed interface.

Here are some of the features:

Extremely smooth and elegant UI which allows for quick photo edits

Take pictures from within the app or import photos from your camera roll and edit them on the move.

A dashboard which shows your last readings and whether they were in acceptable ranges

Color coded values and indicators to get an immediate sense of values

Elegant graphs to show individual health trends

Snapshot feature to store the graphs as pictures for reference

Customizable data export feature to export recorded readings

With V1.1 you can now Backup your data using your Dropbox account and also Restore your last backup in case of a device failure or wipeout. We have also improved the scroll performance of the app, which was one of the major feedbacks from the users.

“Brilliant, both my doctor and I have been waiting for something like this for the last 20 odd years. It totally vindicates my decision/expenditure on the Playbook as a vital health monitoring system-not just a luxury plaything.”

“This app is worth it, if you would like to track your health, it has the availability to export your data, snapshots of the current graph you are looking at, the app has a nice section explaining good health levels, I look forward to future updates, best app I have purchased for my playbook.”

“If you’re concerned about tracking your health and /or progress you will want this app. High end and professional it does what it says.”

Nothing makes us happier than when our users tell us that they really love our apps and enjoy using them. That and getting featured on two of the most prominent tech blogs in the world!!

We at XLabz feel extremely humbled and thrilled by the fact that ProInsights- our latest LinkedIn Infographics and Visual Insights app- was recently written about on The Next Web and The Guardian!

The team at The Next Web did a detailed review of ProInsights and shared with us their thoughts and valuable feedback. Following is an excerpt from the review:

“ProInsights gives you some interesting insight into the kinds of connections you’ve made on LinkedIn, and if you’re a visual person, you’ll appreciate the layout and design. The app is beautifully designed, professional, and makes it easy for you to generate an interesting and personalized LinkedIn infographic at the click of a button.”

The Guardian, on the other hand, picked ProInsights for BlackBerry PlayBook, as one of the Apps Of The Day on January 9th, 2012, just 3 days after ProInsights was launched for the PlayBook!

Here’s what The Guardian had to say: “Business users of RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will want to grab ProInsights, which aims to help dig into your LinkedIn profile, transforming its data into "extremely informative infographics"”.

Here are a few comments our users had to say on ProInsights:

“Makes some neat infographics of LinkedIn data, maps your contacts, and is great for viewing your LinkedIn contacts info. If you use LinkedIn, this is a great app!”

"A great app! I bought it as soon as I saw it because I like Linked In but have been neglecting it recently. This makes me want to get back in there and put in the extra effort. The app really showcases my Linked In profile and my opportunities to improve my professional connections in a stunning way, well done to the Xlabz team…"

“Wow, this is so much better than any LinkedIn app of their own. Really look forward to the future development of this app!!”

“like it? No. Love it. People’s jaws drop when I show them the app.”

“Re: #ProInsights – I just fell in love with #LinkedIn again. Such sexy infographics and a great way to view your connections”

We’d like to thank all our users for their encouraging comments and the editorial teams at The Guardian and The Next Web for giving us this privilege and taking the time to write about ProInsights.

Wouldn’t it be cool to see your black-and-white LinkedIn profile metamorphosize into a colorful and attractive designer-like portfolio? And not just that, what if you could also discover some mind-blowing insights about yourself and your LinkedIn network in the process? We at XLabz have tried our hand at creating an app which does exactly that and we are thrilled to introduce to you- ProInsights, the first-of-its-kind LinkedIn Infographics and Visual Insights app for the iPad and Android Tablets.

ProInsights is an app that digs deep into your LinkedIn profile, churns out significant insights and presents them through engaging visuals. It transforms plain data from your LinkedIn profile into stunning and brilliant infographics, thereby giving your profile a designer makeover and in the process helps unlock fascinating insights about yourself and your network.

Few of these insights include- the top countries and companies that your connections work in, your career timeline and the “LinkedIn Quotient” which is a weightage given to your LinkedIn profile based on your influence and reach. You can also share these insights and flaunt them off on your Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn pages!

The highlight of ProInsights is the “Connection Explorer” which lets you view your network in four visually enticing modes.

Bird Eye:Geo-explore and get a bird’s eye view of your connections plotted on the world map!

Spring Graph:View your network in nodes clustered by the number of connections that they have!

The Connection Explorer includes a powerful search tool called “IntelliSearch”, which lets you deep search your network by skill-set, city, industry or just about any keyword, thus helping you find the most relevant contacts.

For all the hard-core gamers out there, we are happy to announce that we have recently launched our all-new, multi-player game for the iPad-Sketch With Friends.

Sketch with Friends for iPad brings a fresh twist to the good old game of Pictionary, by letting you show off your sketching and guessing skills to others like you, across the globe!

Sketch with Friends is a real-time, multi-player, virtual game where your artistic, creative and vocabulary skills are put to the ultimate test. The game starts off by players joining a “game room”. Others guess while you sketch the word given to you and vice-versa. The guessers can see your doodling in real time – as you draw it and thus begins a battle of artistic talent and wits.

With a bunch of fun and super cool drawing tools the experience of Pictionary has been taken to a whole new level. The game gets competitive as the players need to draw and guess the words within a short time frame. Keep score of your game and of the other players using the leaderboard.

Unleash your doodling skills and get your game on with “Sketch With Friends”!

You can read more about Sketch With Friends and download the game here.

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